I agree that initial release of a technical drawing is not a revision. If you go to the Defense Logistics Agency website, view some of the standard drawings there; you can see that there is nothing in the REVISIONS block at initial release:
http://www.landandmaritime.dla.mil/
Typically if a MIL-STD (Military Standard) is called out on a drawing, and later it is cancelled, you are not necessarily required to go back and change the standard or spec to the latest or superseding standard/spec. The reason being is that usually when a MIL-STD is canceled, there is a...
I'll just list what we currently do:
Drawing number: 123456
Part number: 123456-001
Revision for Class 1 change (revision will affect form, fit, or function) results in need for new part number: 123456-002 (-001, -002 not interchangeable).
Class 2 change does not cause interchangeability...
We are officially changing our company name (company was sold) in November. The question - is it necessary (or proper) to update drawings and technical documents approved and released under the old operating identity to reflect the new company name? We are not going to write change orders just...
Re-identification for a vendor part using your own company number is fairly common practice, and is almost always required by defense contractors. Get a copy of ASME Y14.100 and it will describe this method for you. There are good reasons for using this method - one thing it provides is if you...
I am the Standards Engineer at an aerospace contractor and am currently transitioning our company to electronic signature for approval and release of drawings/documents. One problem I have is trying to determine if we need to continue our practice of adding a date and approval name at initial...
